JEDDAH, June 5,2017 (Arab News): Several Arab and Islamic countries have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar Monday over Doha’s alleged support for extremist groups. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were the first to announce they would withdraw their diplomatic staff from Qatar

Ananya Vinay never looked all that impressed by any of the words she was given in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 12-year-old from Fresno, California, showed little emotion and didn’t take much time as she ploughed through word after word. Sometimes she would blurt out questi

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: A van ploughed into pedestrians and several people were stabbed in central London Saturday, police and witnesses said, leaving "multiple" casualties in what police called a "terrorist" attack days before a general election. Armed police opened fire during at least two "ter

NEW DELHI: Indian Mujahideen (IM) alleged co-founder Ahmed Siddibapa alias Yasin Bhatkal today denied before a court his involvement in serial blasts in Delhi in September 2008 that claimed 26 lives and left 135 people injured. Ahmed told Additional Sessions Judge Siddharth Sharma the allegation

As someone living with fragile bone disorder since she was a kid, odds were always against Ummul Kher. When she was 14, her parents disowned her because she wanted to study beyond Class 8. What took her ahead was sheer merit and determination as she went on to get admission in a prestigious Delhi Un

New Delhi: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the results of Civil Service Examination which was conducted in December 2016. This year 50 Muslim candidates cleared the examination, the highest ever in the history of UPSC. This year 10 Muslims got their names listed in top 100 ranks.

Mobile internet usage in India has increased ninefold in a single year, after the launch of a new operator sparked a telecoms price war, according to a new report. Indians used nearly 1.3 billion gigabytes of data in March 2017 compared with around 150 million in the same period last year, said t

Ireland's governing Fine Gael party elected Leo Varadkar as its new leader on Friday, choosing the gay, 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant to succeed Enda Kenny as prime minister in a striking sign of the country's rapid social change. Varadkar overcame ministerial colleague Simon Coveney as

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will release the Class 10 results on Saturday. "The results will be announced on June 3 at forenoon," a senior CBSE official said. The CBSE had declared the Class 12 results for 2017 on Sunday at 10:25 am. A total of 10,98,891 candidates f

Jeddah, June 2,2017:THE new King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA), a world-class iconic and high-tech gateway to the Two Holy Mosques, will start experimental operation in the beginning of next year. The KAIA, one of the largest aviation hubs in the world, will be a smart, environment-frien

Citizens of both countries will only need to show their national ID cards for stays of up to 90 days A deal between Turkey and Ukraine allowing their citizens to travel to each other's country without passports took effect on Thursday. Under the reciprocal travel agreement inked by Turki

JEDDAH, June 2, 2017 (Arab News): Two “terrorists” died in a vehicle explosion Thursday in Qatif, a Foreign Ministry official said. The cause of the blast has not been confirmed. “Two wanted terrorists were killed in the explosion,” Faisal bin Farhan, an adviser to the Foreign Ministry, said on h

New Delhi: Petrol price will be costlier by Rs 1.23 per litre, while diesel price per litre will be higher by 89 paise from Thursday, the Indian Oil Corporation announced on Wednesday. Prices of the two main transportation fuels were last hiked on May 1, when petrol price was increased by 1 paise

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A gunman killed two staff at a private school in the Saudi Arabian capital on Wednesday, a security source told AFP. “A teacher took a gun and then he went to the school room and he killed the assistant school principal and one of the employees,” said the source who asked no

New Delhi: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the results of Civil Service Examination which was conducted in December 2016. This year 42 Muslim candidates cleared the examination. The written exam for the Civil Services Exam was held in December 2016 followed by interviews for perso

Criminal conspiracy charges were framed on Tuesday against BJP stalwarts LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, water minister Uma Bharti and nine more leaders in connection with the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid. (Highlights) They appeared in a special CBI court in Lucknow, pleaded not guilty

Bhatkallys News Service/ Rizwan Gangavali Bhatkal 30 May 2017: Rotary club Bhatkal today inaugurated a new camp program for skills development for the local women wherein they will trained of sewing, cooking, computer and preparing bakery items. During the inauguration event District Governor